Nanaimo Arson
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String of suspicious Nanaimo fires renews public safety concernsThe most recent fire broke out Saturday behind Evergreen Cremation Services on Nicol Street, while recent fires destroyed a dentist's office and damaged a rugby clubhouse.FireAug 28, 2023
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Mounties ‘urgently’ looking for witnesses in Nanaimo brush fire arson investigationPolice were called to the area of Northfield Road and the Nanaimo Parkway just before noon to multiple witness reports a man was setting fires on walking trails.CrimeJul 5, 2023
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Surveillance video captures suspected arson, explosion outside Nanaimo auto-repair shopCollen Middleton with the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association said this is just yet another example of an incident involving violence or fire that seems to be escalating weekly.CrimeMar 22, 2023
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Nanaimo RCMP seek person of interest in trio of suspicious firesNanaimo RCMP say they've been called to three suspicious fires in the last week, and have linked the person of interest with two of them.CrimeApr 13, 2022
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Nanaimo dog walker snuffs out potentially ‘devastating’ arson in park: policePolice believe the fire was deliberately set, and say it could easily have spread to the nearby "tinder-dry forest."CrimeJun 11, 2019
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Nanaimo grass fires deliberately set as suspect caught on surveillance videoThey were set in a small vacant lot near Vancouver Island University and police now have video of the alleged suspect.CrimeAug 9, 2017
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